The Table Function – Useful?
The Table function is used in Power Apps to manually create a Table within a Power App control rather than retrieving data from a networked data source (such as SharePoint) or a Collection. But what is it used for and …
Power Apps SaveData: Cool Cookies!
Do you want to retain user settings or preferences when an app is closed, but not have to write back to a data source? Power Apps SaveData and LoadData functions allow you to save data locally to a mobile device …
Dynamic Power Apps Dropdown Box
In the last post I set myself the challenge of creating an dynamic Power Apps Dropdown box that shows the number of records in a table that match the Dropdown selection criteria. The requirement was to not have hardcoding so …
Select Multiple Records in a Gallery
There is a simple and very effective way to select multiple Records in a Gallery. The TemplateFill property of Galleries used with the tips below gives complete control so both individual and multiple Records within Galleries can be selected and …
Filter Galleries – 3 Great Tips and Tricks
Records in Collections can be filtered before being displayed in Galleries. Dropdowns are a great way to do this and using a little configuration their use can be made intuitive, effective and user friendly Filter Galleries – 3 Great Tips …
Updating Records from within a Gallery
In this post I’m going to show how to customise Galleries so you can make changes to Records directly in a Gallery itself. No need to create a separate control outside the Gallery and clutter up the screen Updating Records …
Input Boxes, Galleries & Collections
Power Apps has a load of functionality you can use in your apps, but some of the real workhorse controls used in the majority of apps are the humble, Input Boxes and Galleries In this post I’ll cover some of …
Custom Connectors requiring an API Key
Web Service APIs In the previous post: Build a Basic Custom Connector, I showed how to create a Custom Connector to access a simple web service API that didn’t require any authorisation or other information to be passed to it, to …
Building a Basic Custom Connector
Custom Connectors Power Apps is a fantastic platform not only to build great Apps quickly, but also to connect to remote services. There are a huge amount of zero-cost web services out there and even many of the premium sites …
Power Apps Twitter Connector
With Power Apps, not only can you build apps quickly, you can also drive the transfer of data between platforms though the huge number of connectors. Twitter is the social media platform that really makes it easy to exchange data …